Really easy-to-read book. Don’t go into it like I did thinking it’s some horrid dystopian future like The Handmaid’s Tale (although a world where abortion is illegal is pretty dystopian). It’s a very mild book, and to be honest it doesn’t read much different from the story of a person in the middle of Texas who lives hundreds of miles away from a clinic. I was hoping for a book that showed the impacts of illegal abortion and a Pink Wall much more deeply than this.

With that being said, it was still a good book. It did feel very trope-y at times—of course The Mender is some strange woman who lives in the woods with twigs in her hair, smelling like onions. And of course The Daughter who needs the abortion is the Smart Girl with So Much Potential. But the story was interesting and it held my attention, so four stars.